How to Play Baghchal Game Video

Baghchal Game General Rules:

• The gameboard is a grid of intersecting orthogonal and diagonal lines upon which pieces are placed.
• There are 25 intersections in the board where game pieces can be placed
• The pieces are made up of 4 tigers and 20 goats.
• The pieces move along the lines to adjacent intersections. One intersection at a time.
• Tiger can move two intersection when jumping a goat over to a empty intersection.
• One intersection is left for 2nd phase of game play where goats have to move
• All 4 Tigers start at corner positions.
• Goats play in two phase.
• In 1st phase: All 20 goats must be placeed turn by turn into the board.
• In 2nd phase: Goats move after all 20 have been placed on the board.
• Players alternate their moves.

Baghchal Game Rules for Tigers:

• The goal of the tigers is to capture five goats by jumping over them.
• They can start capturing goats any moment after the match has started.
• They can capture only one goat at a time.
• A tiger cannot jump over another tiger.
• A tiger can only jump over one goat.
• Tiger can jump over a goat in any direction, but it must be to an adjacent intersection following the lines drawn on the board.
• A tiger can not jump over a corner position goat piece.

Baghchal Game rules for the Goats:

• The goal of the goats is to immobilize the tigers by surrounding them in such a way that no tiger can move.
• They must leave the board when captured.
• They can not jump over the tigers or other goats.

Online Baghchal Winning Criterias:

• Tigers win if they capture 5 goats
• Goats win if they block all possible legal moves of the tigers.
• Tigers win if they block all possible legal moves of the goats (rare case)

Online Baghchal rules:

• The user can create only one game at a time.
• If a match faces repetitive moves, game winner is decided based on player's Online Baghchal rank (Dispute Resolution)

Online Baghchal Score System

Game Results	Points	Remarks
Win	+5	When a player Wins the game.
Win (opponent: computer, difficulty: beginners)	+1	When a player/computer Wins a AI game with difficulty beginners.
Win (opponent: computer, difficulty: medium)	+2	When a player/computer Wins a AI game with difficulty medium.
Lost	0	When a player Looses the game.
Give Up (opponent)	+3	When a player Gives Up opponent is awarded 3 points.
Give Up (player)	-3	When a player Gives Up 3 point is deducted from player's score.
Dispute Won	+3	When a player wins a dispute claim.
Dispute Lost	-3	When a player loses dispute claim.